In complex medical negligence cases, the service by a defendant of a subspecialist expert report may constitute an exceptional circumstance justifying leave under UCPR r 31.28 for the plaintiff to serve a late report from a subspecialist of equivalent credentials, particularly where the plaintiff's existing expert lacks equivalent subspecialist qualifications.
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